S ince 1993, Tri Health has played a leading role in bringing the knowledge and practice of the unique therapies of Ayurveda to the West. One important role is our emphasis on the Therapy of Pancha Karma which forms the fundamental basis of Ayurvedic treatment. This line of treatment emphasizes the importance of cleaning the body channels (srotas) by eliminating (shodana) the metabolic waste products (malas). This approach is unique to Ayurveda. Even before a therapy of herbs, drugs and diet can be effective, an internal purification of the body is first required. As the old saying goes, "If the cloth isn't clean, the dye won't catch". Pancha Karma Therapy relates not only to the curative conditions but to the preventive and promotive conditions as well. Tri Health offers the largest and most extensive line of products in the United States for the application of these procedures. Kerala is the region in India which has kept this important component of Ayurveda, Pancha Karma Therapy, alive. This practice has survived in Kerala in some form for the last 600 years while gradually declining in other parts of India. Today it is this Kerala tradition which is now inspiring the Ayurvedic world as a whole to revive the classical Pancha Karma Therapy.